5-6 Command Reference
Data Manipulation Commands ARGREAD Extracts an argument from a comma-delimited string.
ASC Converts ASCII data from a numeric format to an alphanumeric
format.
BITCLEAR Sets the specified bit to zero.
BITMASK Allows bit logical operations on buffers.
BITSET Sets the specified bit to one.
BITSHIFT Allows bits within a value to be arithmetically shifted left or
right.
BITTEST Checks the specified bit to see if the bit is a one or a zero.
CHARTYPE Allows you to limit the character type for an input buffer.
CHR Converts ASCII data from an alphanumeric format to a numeric
format.
CLEAR Clears buffers or files.
COMPARE Compares the contents of two fields.
CONCAT Appends the contents of one field to another.
CSTRIP Extracts specific characters for a string.
DATATYPE Restricts the type of data for the GET command.
FIELDLEN Places the length of one field into another.
GENERATE Creates a check digit.
INSERT Inserts data from one buffer into another.
LEFT Extracts the left-most characters from a string.
LOWER Converts characters in a field to lower-case.
LSTRIP Strips specified left-most characters from one field and copies
the remaining characters to another.
MID Extracts a sub-field from a string.
MOVE Copies contents of one field to another field.
PAD Adds characters to a field to fill it out.
PARSE Processes an MPCL data stream.
RIGHT Extracts the right-most characters from a string.
RSTRIP Strips specified right-most characters from one field and copies
the remaining characters to another.
TOKEN Extracts character-delimited sub-fields from a string.
TSTRIP Strips characters from a field based upon a template.
UPPER Converts characters in a field to upper-case.
VALIDATE Validates a check digit.